For thousands of years, tales of the fabled Dark Pearl were told and retold. Then the stories faded with the passage of time, leaving behind the stuff of myths and magic– until fate brought together the only two people in the world who can breathe life back into the Legend of the Sorcerer.

Sculptor Jordy Decker came to the Florida Keys seeking inspiration for her art, but instead becomes enmeshed in a mystery that turns her world upside down…and leads her directly to Malacai L’Baan, the intense, enigmatic author of the bestselling Dark Pearl fantasy series. The mystery seems connected to alarming letters from an obsessive fan who is certain the Dark Pearl is real and will do anything to possess it. Jordy is drawn to Cai in a way she cannot understand, and cannot seem to resist, and as the danger grows stronger, Jordy finds magic in Cai’s embrace â€“ and a special passion that may just destroy them both….

Acknowledgements

~ I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to all those who helped this book find it’s way to completion.

~ To the Cudjoe Key PD. for their assistance in educating me on domestic violence crimes, the Marathon Chamber of Commerce for directing me to a number of helpful sources in the Florida Keys, the Arthur Online Group for their help Arthurian legend, several members of the Department of State (not one of whom was like Special Agent Kuhn), and my own personal Welsh connection, Dafydda**, for helping with translations and being my eyes and ears in the U.K. I am forever in your debt.

~ I would also like to thank the woman who picked up the wrong pictures at my local photo shop…and inadvertently spawned the idea for this book.

~ **I would like to add a special thank-you to Eleanor’s family and friends. I only wish she could have seen the final copy of the book. I hope you always know how invaluable her help was to me.